Military deployment toxicology: A program manager's perspective

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-94

  Knechtges, Paul L ^a,b  

^a OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b US Army Center for Environmental Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; EXPOSURE; FIRE; HEALTH HAZARD; KUWAIT; MILITARY PHENOMENA; OIL INDUSTRY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WAR;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0034009161     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DCT-100100104     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

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